Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
David Souter, Clarence Thomas

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Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Mikhail Gorbachev

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Question 3

Which Supreme Court ruling upheld restrictions on abortion providers?

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A)  Planned Parenthood v. Casey 
B)  Roe v. Wade 
C)  Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education 
D)  California v. Bakke 
E)  None of these choices

Question 4

Which of the following was not part of the Reagan administration's Middle East policy?

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A)  Stationing two thousand American marines in Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force. 
B)  Providing extensive aid to Egypt. 
C)  Supporting Iran in its bloody war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq. 
D)  Proposing negotiations that would lead to an independent Palestinian state. 
E)  Providing military and economic aid to Israel.

Question 5

Ronald Reagan's nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court was important because

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A)  she turned the court in a more liberal direction. 
B)  her appointment gave women a majority on the Supreme Court for the first time. 
C)  she insured that Roe v. Wade would not be overturned. 
D)  she was the first woman confirmed to the Supreme Court. 
E)  her failure to win confirmation showed how the Senate was still dominated by white men.

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Pan Am Flight 103, Lockerbie, Scotland

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Question 7

Evaluate President Clinton's foreign policies. What were his major foreign policies, and why did he develop them? How effective was he in implementing them, and how successful were they in achieving his goals?

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Question 8

Discuss Ronald Reagan's strategy for waging the Cold War. What were his goals? What means did he use to pursue them? How successful was he in achieving his goals?

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Question 9

MAP QUESTIONS 
Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Middle East and North Africa that correctly identifies each of the following: 
    
Afghanistan

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Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Somalia Humanitarian Mission

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Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Clean Air Act of 1990

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Question 12

Who were the "contras"?

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A)  They were a group formed by members of the Palestine Liberation Organization to overthrow the Israeli government. 
B)  They were a group financed by the CIA to undermine the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. 
C)  According to President Reagan, they were all American hostages around the world. 
D)  They were bands of evangelical Christians who traveled the country inveighing against sexual permissiveness and secular humanism. 
E)  They were the members of the underground movement in the Soviet Union that was working to bring democracy, capitalism, and Christianity to that communist land.

Question 13

According to the theories of "Reaganomics,"

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A)  by increasing revenue from taxes, the country could spend more for defense programs. 
B)  by cutting taxes, the country's economy would expand and produce more revenue for the federal government. 
C)  by reducing defense programs, the country could spend more money on domestic programs. 
D)  by eliminating the income tax and adopted a national sales tax, the country could afford to spend more money on both domestic and defense programs. 
E)  by raising the income tax and increased corporate taxes, the country could expand its domestic and defense programs.

Question 14

Which statement concerning Hillary Rodham Clinton's healthcare task force is true?

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A)  It kept the public well informed of its activities. 
B)  It proposed higher tobacco taxes to cover the start-up expenses of the new plan. 
C)  It proposed new taxes on gasoline and alcohol. 
D)  It included a board of doctors to monitor costs. 
E)  All of these choices

Question 15

What core beliefs guided Ronald Reagan's presidency?

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Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
George H. W. Bush

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Question 17

Which statement concerning the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 is true?

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A)  It was passed by a Republican-controlled Congress over President Clinton's veto. 
B)  It generally followed principles favored by liberals since the days of the New Deal. 
C)  It ended all welfare payments to adults within one year after its passage. 
D)  It limited welfare payments for most recipients to two years with a five-year lifetime cap. 
E)  It provided the largest increase in welfare benefits since the New Deal.

Question 18

What were the main features of President George H. W. Bush's domestic program? How successful was he in achieving his domestic agenda? Explain.

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Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

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Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
"Don't ask, don't tell" Policy

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Exam 30: A Conservative Revival and the End of the Cold War

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. David Souter, Clarence Thomas

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Mikhail Gorbachev

Which Supreme Court ruling upheld restrictions on abortion providers?

Which of the following was not part of the Reagan administration's Middle East policy?

Ronald Reagan's nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor to the Supreme Court was important because

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Pan Am Flight 103, Lockerbie, Scotland

Evaluate President Clinton's foreign policies. What were his major foreign policies, and why did he develop them? How effective was he in implementing them, and how successful were they in achieving his goals?

Discuss Ronald Reagan's strategy for waging the Cold War. What were his goals? What means did he use to pursue them? How successful was he in achieving his goals?

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Middle East and North Africa that correctly identifies each of the following: Afghanistan

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Somalia Humanitarian Mission

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Clean Air Act of 1990

Who were the "contras"?

According to the theories of "Reaganomics,"

Which statement concerning Hillary Rodham Clinton's healthcare task force is true?

What core beliefs guided Ronald Reagan's presidency?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. George H. W. Bush

Which statement concerning the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 is true?

What were the main features of President George H. W. Bush's domestic program? How successful was he in achieving his domestic agenda? Explain.

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. "Don't ask, don't tell" Policy